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California ARB Holding Public Meeting on Possible Revamp of Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation; ZEV II

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No regulatory changes will be made at this time. Tags: Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Fuel Cells Plug-ins Policy. The staff will also evaluate the adequacy of incentives to encourage purchase of ZEVs, and will recommend to the Board what complementary policies best support implementation of the ZEV program.

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Let Us Now Murder AB 2145 Before It Kills Community Choice Power

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When we last wrote about AB 2145 it was after a trip to Sacramento to speak out against the bill at the Senate Energy Committee hearing on it. It should surprise no one that the entire event was a sad and cynical dog and pony show for the guest presenters with a minimum of public questions allowed. Always has been.

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Summer Update

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Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. A large coalition has formed around the issues of national security, combating climate change, saving on fuel costs and increasing business for American agriculture. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H.,

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USGS study concludes plausible California megastorm could result in 3x more damage than severe SoCal earthquake

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The same is true of Sacramento: traffic to the north, south, and west is largely cut off for 1 week or so, with gradual recovery thereafter. We think this event happens once every 100 or 200 years or so, which puts it in the same category as our big San Andreas earthquakes. The model is not an extremely extreme event.

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Inside The Green Task Force

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For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. At community events Hampel runs a free hands-on bike tune-up workshop. The Green L.A.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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As our climate change crisis worsens and spins out of control with each passing day there’s no time to spare for those of us whose job it is to educate and motivate our fellow citizens to actions that cut our greenhouse gas emissions. ELECTRIC CARS ARE A CORE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE - NO PLUG? NO PURCHASE!

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California ARB holding hearing on adopting amendments to LEV III to support compliance options using new Federal GHG regulations

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public hearing on 15 November in Sacramento to consider adopting amendments to the Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV III) greenhouse gas emissions standards, and additional minor revisions to the LEV III criteria pollutant and Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulations, approved by the.